Our School Opportunity

This is a rewarding Headship in which you will be able to lead our school on to the next stage of its journey and develop what our journey might look like. You must exhibit confidence, be an empathetic, engaging communicator who has a clear focus on continuing to build a healthy workplace culture to benefit the wellbeing of staff and pupils.

The New Headteacher will be committed and will concentrate on:

• Appointment and development of the next substantive senior leadership team to maintain and develop the successful work of previous post holders.
• Development of the role of middle leaders to provide subject leadership of foundation subjects in line with the core curriculum.
• Implementation of the Covid recovery plan to ensure that all pupils continue to make progress in learning and have their social, emotional and mental health needs met.

We want our dynamic, energetic and driven Headteacher working towards getting the best possible outcomes for all pupils whilst maintaining the highest levels of staff and pupil wellbeing.

Our new leader will:

• Be a committed leader with excellent interpersonal skills who can motivate and manage all stakeholders, effectively shaping and delivering the strategic plan.
• Demonstrate superb leadership skills with ability to challenge robustly and constructively.
• Be someone who recognises the importance of maintaining the school’s existing values while instilling their own leadership and identity.
• Be an outstanding teaching practitioner able to set and achieve ambitious goals and continually seek to raise standards and promote our vision, values and aims in a way that is relevant and inspiring to all.
• Be able to provide excellent and robust staff management.
• Have progressive IT skills and a deep understanding of the significance and importance of consistent data monitoring.
• Consider and shape how we can adapt our practices innovatively to promote and enhance the wellbeing of our staff team.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of young people, social, physical and emotional alongside educational needs, and ensure that the school provides a rounded provision to nurture them.
• Show practical knowledge and experience in raising standards.
• Be a strategic thinker able to plan long, medium and short term.
• Be able to review our financial resources and look at how we invest in our school.
• Have a continuing drive to reflect, learn and strive for positive development, for themselves, their staff team, the children and our school as a whole.
• Be someone who is capable of and confident in making difficult decisions and ask challenging questions in order to seek the best possible outcome for our school as a whole.

This is an excellent opportunity to provide strategic leadership and direction while building on high expectations and a history of strong leadership. This will mean a strong focus on outstanding teaching and learning, ensuring every pupil makes the best possible progress, curriculum development and implementation, and forging ever-closer relationships with parents and carers and our wider school community. The selected candidate will have support of the Trust and specifically the Primary Executive Leader during their time in post.

About Our School

Newby and Scalby Primary School is situated in the beautiful seaside resort of Scarborough, on the East Coast of Yorkshire. Scarborough is centred around a pretty, horseshoe-shaped bay lapped by the North Sea. Sandy beaches, surfing opportunities, and hearty Yorkshire fare have made Scarborough a family favourite for more than 400 years. Our school is a larger than average Primary School with 420 children on roll and sits centrally within the local community serving a diverse community straddling the social spectrum. We are founder members of the Coast and Vale Multi Academy Trust. Coast and Vale Learning Trust in Scarborough aims to improve education in the locality through establishing coherent and collaborative practice across schools and other educational institutions in the area.

Our school has a warm and welcoming feel. The children are well behaved, polite and genuinely care for each other and their school community. They are motivated learners and have a great sense of pride in their work and the school.

Ofsted recognised – “The provision for pupils’ personal development and welfare is a key strength of the school. Your curriculum, caring ethos and opportunities for responsibilities all help to develop pupils’ citizenship skills and prepare them well for life in modern Britain. You, your staff and governors strive to ensure that each pupil is successful at your school. As a result, pupils feel safe and valued.”– Ofsted 2018

Features and Benefits of our Schools:

• Fun Factory, a popular wraparound childcare facility is based at the school and meets the needs of families with regard to before and after school childcare and holiday clubs.
• The same body manages the onsite nursery provision, Newby Early Years, from which about two thirds of the school’s intake come each year providing stability and continuity for young learners. Although the leadership team and governors are not involved in the management of these facilities, the school has developed a very strong partnership over the last 19 years ensuring that the community is well served.
• The school benefits from extensive grounds that aren’t evident from the front of the building. Children regularly utilise the woodland, the pond area, the field and playgrounds for learning and leisure.
• The curriculum is brought to life with well-established visits to local places. Swimming and residential outdoor visits in KS2 are embedded into the curriculum including, a much celebrated, annual opportunity to learn about traditional British culture through a whole school visit to the pantomime!

Our Pupils are the heart of our school; they are polite, treat each other with respect and their behaviour is good. Children’s attitudes to school and learning are good and they enjoy coming to school and show great interest in the learning activities provided for them.

The school fosters a welcoming, caring, stimulating and secure environment in which the children are encouraged to develop as learners. The Newby and Scalby Community of staff, governors, pupils and their families are committed to providing a nurturing and inspiring environment where everyone is safe, respected, supported and challenged. Nurturing the children within this environment enables them to develop to their potential and broaden their horizons; the Headteacher will be expected to lead by example. The ethos is reflected in the relationships between staff, children, parents and governors of the school.

Child wellbeing:

The emotional wellbeing of the children at the school has always been a high priority and children are encouraged to talk in class and to their peers about their mental health, for example through the priority the school places on bouncing back from Covid in its development priorities moving forward. Mental health has continued to be of key importance during the Covid pandemic and activities, such as mindfulness, have been shared with the children.

Internet safety is also a key factor and regular information is shared with children and parents on how to stay safe on the internet.

 Ofsted recognised – “Your pupils know how to keep themselves safe, including when they are online. They know the different forms that bullying can take and know that staff will help them if they ever have concerns. Pupils believe that behaviour at your school is good and that incidents of bullying are rare.” – Ofsted 2018                                                               

Vision, Ethos, Values and Aims 

Our School Vision, Ethos and values are at the heart of everything we do. They underpin our teaching and learning, and provide an environment which prepares our pupils to be confident, caring and happy citizens.

Our Ethos - The Newby and Scalby Community of staff, governors, pupils and their families are committed to providing a nurturing and inspiring environment where everyone is safe, respected, supported and challenged.

Our Aims - Working to learn together

By

• encouraging everyone to have high expectations of their own performance and behaviour
• providing a stimulating and balanced curriculum that reinforces skills for life within the local, national and global context
• securing a positive relationship between all those involved in the education of the pupils

Within a friendly, supportive and caring environment

Our Team and The Governing Board & Support 

Our staff are our greatest resource and are incredibly committed, loyal and dedicated. They always have the best interests of the pupils at heart and are determined to find something at which every child can shine. Staff get to know the children in the school very well and use this information to personalise opportunities for learning.

 Ofsted recognised – “You and your leaders regularly review the quality of teaching and the effect on pupils’ progress. You have a ‘hands-on’ approach to modelling effective practice and supporting teachers where you identify that pupils need to accelerate their progress further.” – Ofsted 2018

We have a strong and supportive staff team:

• Currently, the governors are exploring a senior leadership structure that includes an interim Headteacher, a Deputy Head with CPD responsibility (0.2 fte) and two Assistant Heads both of whom are released from teaching responsibilities for 2 days per week. The SENDCo is released from teaching duties to undertake the role.
• The Trust is developing a system of middle leadership that utilises the considerable strengths of its team. All middle leaders undertake operational duties as well as working within teams to lead a group of subjects across the Trust’s Primary schools.
• All staff benefit from coaching sessions every three weeks in order to further develop the contribution that they make to pupils’ learning. This is in addition to other CPD opportunities that focus on whole school initiatives as well as bespoke packages devised by individuals.
• NPQs and Chartered College courses are accessed by a significant number of teachers with the National College providing compliance training for all staff.
• There are 14 classes in the school: two per year group. Because the school has historically enabled flexible working arrangements for its staff children benefit from more than one teacher within a normal week and the school has developed systems that ensure pupils receive continuity of provision. Support staff are deployed according to a prioritised list of needs meaning that teachers are practised in the art of working with and without support staff in the room.
• The PE curriculum is delivered by sports’ coaches from a third-party provider who utilise the school’s PE scheme and benefit from the support of an experienced middle leader to ensure that plans are delivered to a high quality.
• Pupils and staff who contribute to teaching and learning benefit from a highly dedicated team of administration and site staff who enable them to focus on their core role.
• And finally, but most importantly, children benefit significantly from the fact that the adults around them model excellent relationships and get on well together. Everyone, regardless of their needs is able to find support for personal challenges and will be congratulated and encouraged by leaders and colleagues alike.

The Governing Board’s Role and Support

• The community benefits from a very capable governing body that ensures that its needs are served and that the school continues to improve over time.
• Our Board of Governors actively support their school and take their link responsibilities seriously. During Covid, they have continued to do so virtually, with a focus on child and staff well-being.

All school governors are engaged, positive and proactive in ensuring the school continues to thrive and develop.

As a full governing body, they meet regularly, striving always to ensure our children receive the best education possible, in a safe and supportive environment.

Governors seek and consider a range of feedback from the whole school community to ensure that they fully understand the differing perspectives of all stakeholders on how the school is performing.

Ofsted recognised – “Governors have increased the regularity of their meetings in order to provide greater opportunities to scrutinise the work of the school. This has helped them to improve their understanding of the school’s strengths and priorities for improvement. They make effective use of this information to provide a good balance of support and challenge to leaders”.– Ofsted 2018

January 2018

Ofsted Inspection – Graded Good

Ofsted recognised – “The leadership team has maintained the good quality of education in the school since the last inspection. You have provided strong, committed and perceptive leadership, which has driven the continuous development of the school. Along with your leaders and governors, you have accurately identified the school’s strengths and priorities for improvement. The school’s detailed self-evaluation and improvement plan clearly identify the priorities for improving the school further.” - Ofsted 2018

Our School’s current strengths:

• The bespoke professional development programme that focuses attention on outcomes for pupils
• Relationships between all stakeholders which have enabled the school to provide consistent support for all families within its community throughout the pandemic
• Detailed plans for individuals and groups that ensure all children can make progress regardless of their circumstances and, where assessment shows otherwise, rapid deployment of support to meet the emerging needs.
• The improvement plans established to address the needs of pupils as a result of the pandemic are based on the EEF guidance and enable all staff to address the priority needs of each cohort.
• Historically strong leadership, including governance, have ensured that outcomes for pupils remain the top priority for development work.

Current areas identified for improvement and Considerations:

• Appointment and development of the next substantive senior leadership team to maintain and develop the successful work of previous postholders.
• Development of the role of middle leaders to provide subject leadership of foundation subjects in line with the core curriculum.
• Implementation of the Covid recovery plan to ensure that all pupils continue to make progress in learning and have their social, emotional and mental health needs met.
• The plan also includes detailed targeted academic responses and wider strategies related to pupil and staff wellbeing.
• A future plan will need to focus on developing the school beyond the pandemic, building on the current strengths and progressing towards an outstanding OFSTED judgement

Current levels of pupil achievement, attainment and progress:

 The school won’t have any realistic assessment data until the end of this academic year. Historically, attainment has been broadly in line with national averages for reading, writing and maths.

Pupils continue to achieve well despite the restrictions imposed by the pandemic with leaders expecting the school to be performing at pre-Covid levels and most children performing in line with age related expectations by the end of the academic year (subject to no further lockdowns or limiting factors).

Budgetary Position

 The school has a healthy budget situation which is monitored by the Trust. Reserves are maintained for contingency purposes.

Relationships – Parents/Carers, Local and wider Community Collaborations:

• Rebuilding to previous positive levels the school’s engagement with the community post-pandemic will be a key feature of future work.
• The School’s relationship with its stakeholders remain positive despite the pandemic as evidenced in the recent parental survey.

Local Authority and School Improvement

The school purchases a number of services from the LA and has retained a positive relationship with officers and staff since academisation.

Living in and around Scarborough

Newby and Scalby Primary School is part of the primary network across the North Yorkshire Coast we have been fortunate to be part of the DFE North Yorkshire Coast Opportunity Area which is now in its fourth year.

The OA supports ambition and outcomes on social mobility across Scarborough, Whitby and Filey with projects focussing on early years, phonics, literacy, attendance and teacher recruitment and development. More information on the OA can be found here.

Being able to attract and recruit the very best teachers and leaders to our area is vital to our schools continuing development. As such we are able to offer a relocation package of up to £8k for our new Headteacher, if they are having to relocate to take up post. More details can be found here.

Scarborough

Scarborough is the original seaside resort town on England’s North Sea coast with stunning scenery and glorious beaches. Its 2 bays with sandy beaches are split by a headland bearing the 12th-century Scarborough Castle. The Victorian Central Tramway funicular train links the town centre with South Bay and its harbour.

Scarborough has so much to offer anyone interested in culture and heritage, including a world-class theatre, a thriving live music scene and an active Arts culture.  The magnificent Scarborough Castle towers over the town, overlooking the two sweeping bays. The spectacular ruins are in the care of English Heritage, and provide a stunning backdrop for re-enactments. Scarborough has two much-loved Victorian funicular lifts, one of which was the first cliff tram in England. Lovers of vintage transport will also want to ride on the North Bay Miniature Railway, one of the oldest in the country, which transports visitors in style from Peasholm Park to Scalby Mills

Scarborough also boasts a new Sports Village and clubs and facilities for most sports and physical activity, including opportunities for surfing, outdoor swimming and sailing. The area is popular with cyclists and has easy access to the North York Moors.

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Yorkshire Coast

The Yorkshire Coast is a world-famous stretch of coastline that runs from the Tees estuary to the Humber estuary on the east coast of England. The coastline between the two estuaries was historically made up of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. Since the 1974 county boundary shake-up, this now comprises Redcar & Cleveland, North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The North York Moors National Park extends up to the coastline and traverses 26 miles (42 km) of the coast between Boulby and Cloughton, taking in the historic fishing villages of Staithes, Runswick Bay and Robin Hood's Bay.

The section of coastline south of Bridlington to Spurn Head is known as the Holderness coast from the area of East Yorkshire that the coastline adjoins.

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is England's largest county and one of the most rural. The area comprises the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors, three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a stunning coastline around Scarborough and Whitby. There are ruined castles and abbeys, serene gardens, unique breweries, thrilling rides and industrial heritage. The area hosted the phenomenal Tour de France ‘Grand Depart’ in 2014 and has since created the Tour de Yorkshire, an annual event with global recognition. Success in supporting these events led to Harrogate hosting the UCI Cycling World Championships in 2019.

North Yorkshire has plenty to offer the outdoor enthusiast. From the hard gritstone of Almscliff and Brimham rocks to the limestone of Malham, Gordale and Kilnsey climbing venues are in abundance. The Yorkshire Dales is the premier area for caving and for mountain biking; there are the bridleways of the Dales and North York Moors as well as the renowned trail centre at Dalby Forest. There are a small number of sailing clubs on reservoirs around the county and fantastic surfsport venues and sea kayaking on the east coast.

While the county is rightly known for its wide-open spaces, it also incorporates attractive market towns including Pickering and Helmsley, traditional seaside towns, the Spa town of Harrogate and the ancient city of York - the most visited city outside of London. There are a wide range of shopping, leisure and cultural facilities as well as excellent schools, universities, road and rail links. There really is everything to offer you and your family as a place to work, live and enjoy!

Travelling further afield, we have convenient connectivity, with close proximity to metropolitan cities of Leeds and Newcastle and with a little over two hours commute on the main train line to London. We border the Lake District, Lancashire, County Durham, and Yorkshire & Humber regions with all they have to offer.